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NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese armies held talks at Lieutenant General’s level on Saturday in their first major attempt to resolve the month-long border clash in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. The Indian delegation was led by Lt. Gen. Harinder Singh, the Leh-based commanding general of 14 corps, while the Chinese side was led by…

Covid-19 has found a new hunting ground: rural India. After having many cities reeling under its influence, there has been a turnaround with rural districts in many states reporting an increase in cases. And, health authorities say it was primarily migrants who returned home that led to this steady increase, and states reported a jump…

The President of the United States (United States), Donald Trump, recently signed a new presidential proclamation that imposed a 60-day ban on the issuance of green cards to certain immigrants. India’s information technology (IT) industry and hundreds of thousands of H-1B visa holders in the US The USA, a significant majority of whom are Indian…

PALAKKAD: In a breakthrough in the case related to the death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala, one person was arrested on Friday. “One person was arrested today. There are more defendants in the case and efforts are being made to catch them,” Kerala Forest Minister K Raju told reporters. Forest and police officials…

Capital dreams AMARAVATI: It didn’t take long for locals to realize that the much-talked-about world capital Amaravati would eventually fade into history after YS Jagan came to power last May. A year with Jagan at the helm, Amaravati remains on paper with many half-finished structures and arid lands. The dream capital for thousands of local…

Urban areas throughout the developing world are characterized by a slum underbelly, slums and other forms of informal settlements. With the availability of affordable housing that cannot keep up with rapid urbanization and population growth, this weak point continues to grow in most major cities, making its residents increasingly vulnerable. Once every few years, this…

NEW DELHI: Does not name Kapil Mishra. But the BJP politician’s “controversial” speech against anti-CAA protesters appears to have become a yardstick against which to measure incitement to violence on Facebook, revealed leaked audio of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s interaction with company employees. Zuckerberg was trying to explain to Facebook employees why the company decided not…

A group of lawmakers from eight democracies, including the United States, has launched a new inter-parliamentary alliance to help counter what they say is the threat that China’s growing influence represents for world trade, security and human rights. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, launched on Friday, comes as the United States struggles to muster a…

NEW DELHI: Congressman Rahul Gandhi criticized the Modi government on Friday for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a “failed blockade” that was imposed to stem the spread of the virus in the country. On Twitter, the congressional leader shared a graph showing the number of Covid-19 cases in Spain, Germany, Italy, and the…

NEW DELHI: India’s total Covid-19 cases surpassed Spain’s on Saturday to become the world’s fifth largest, on a day when new infections in the country crossed 10,000 for the first time. Up to 297 deaths were reported, the highest number in a single day of the virus so far. India’s coronavirus case count stood at…